Jazz great's statue is an 'inspiration'

Monument honors Wilmington's Brown

11:43 PM,
Nov. 9, 2012

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Jazz trumpet great Clifford Brown was larger than life, and now there's a statue near where the Wilmington native grew up to not only show that but inspire others to greatness.

At a dedication Friday for the newly commissioned statue honoring the memory and accomplishments of jazz legend Brown, Wilmington Councilman Eric D. Robinson said it's important to have reminders of prominent people that once were in their same situation. Hopefully, this lets others know they, too, can achieve, Robinson said.

"This is inspiration in ways that you just cannot match it with anything else," Robinson ...